#Japanese Imperial Navy

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Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941

The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Japanese Imperial Navy Air Service on the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941. The attack aimed to neutralize the U.S. Pacific Fleet as Japan pursued territorial expansion in Southeast Asia and the Pacific. Key Details: Time and Execution: The attack began early in the morning, with over 350…

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Members of the Japanese delegation debark from a G4M1 whitewashed and given green-cross insignia, and prepare to board a C-54 for a flight to Manila, where they will receive instructions concerning the surrender and American occupation.

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#Japanese ace, Hiroyoshi Nishizawa, in his Mitsubishi Zero A6M3 Model 22 (tail code UI-105) from the 251st Kōkūtai over the Solomon Islands in May, 1943.

#History #WWII

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Imperial Japanese Navy Air Force Kanoya Air Base circa May 1945 in Kanoya, Kagoshima, Japan.

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83 years ago, our Pacific Fleet faced devastation at Pearl Harbor, but the courage of our Sailors and civilians turned tragedy into resolve. Today, we honor their sacrifice and bravery, a legacy woven into the fabric of our Navy’s history. #PearlHarborRemembranceDay #NeverForget #USNavy @USNavyCNO @SECNAV

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Artwork of the jet powered version of the Kyūshū J7W Shinden.

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Sketch of the Imperial Japanese Navy Aircraft Carrier Shinano (信濃). Laid down in May 1940 as the third Yamato class battleship, her partially complete hull was ordered to be converted to an aircraft carrier following Japan's disastrous loss of four of its original six fleet carriers at the Battle of Midway in mid-1942.

Artwork by S. Fukui.

NARA: 221950332

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Imperial Japanese Navy

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Saburō Sakai dans le cockpit de son Mitsubishi A5M "Claude" - Hankow airfield – Guerre sino-japonaise – Chine – 1939

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A Map of Sunken Japanese Ships from World War II (not all of them).

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ℐ 𝒸𝒶𝓃'𝓉 𝑔𝑒𝓉 𝑒𝓃𝑜𝓊𝑔𝒽 𝑜𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒥𝒶𝓅𝒶𝓃𝑒𝓈𝑒 𝒜𝓃𝒾𝓂𝑒 𝒾𝓁𝓁𝓊𝓈𝓉𝓇𝒶𝓉𝑒𝒹 𝓋𝑒𝓇𝓈𝒾𝑜𝓃 𝑜𝒻 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐬. 𝒯𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝓁𝑜𝑜𝓀𝓈 𝑔𝑜𝓇𝑔𝑒𝑜𝓊𝓈...

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#pyro 1/1200 #imsyamato #imperialjapanesenavy #yamato #battleship #worldwar2 #worldwarII #ww2 #wwii #modelship #modelbuilding #convertiblemodelship #fullhullmodel #waterlinemodel

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The magnificent Kawanishi H8K (Allied reporting name - 'Emily') was a long-range flying boat, used by the Imperial Japanese Navy in WW 2.

One historian has called it 'the finest water-based combat aircraft of the Second World War', something that might be up for discussion? 🤔😁

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Japanese troops guard American and Filipino prisoners in Bataan in the Philippines after their capture on 9th April 1942.

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Dec 7 1941 – Imperial Japanese Navy makes surprise attack on US Navy fleet at Pearl Harbor. Six aircraft carrierslaunched total of nearly 400 warplanes which claimed five US battleships and ten other vessels, and damaged three other battleships. The US declares war on Japan.

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Wreck of the Hōkoku Maru ship in the Ryojun naval base on the Japanese Imperial Navy in Port Arthur, modern-day Lüshunkou, Dalian, China

Japanese vintage postcard, mailed in 1911 to Kisterenye, Hungary